Police search for Bucks County man accused of killing family dog

Police in Bucks County are searching for a 24-year-old man who allegedly killed his family’s dog with a claw hammer.

Hilltown Township police said they were called around 8 p.m. Saturday to a home in the 1400 block of Route 113 about a man threatening his family. Police were also told the man killed the family’s 15-month-old mountain cur.

Authorities discovered large pools of blood in the home but none of the family members were hurt. The dog was found dead in a ditch near the house with severe head trauma, and a necropsy determined the dog had multiple skull fractures. The hammer was found in the home, police said.

Police charged Rony Arturo Garcia with aggravated cruelty to animals. Garcia was not at the house when police arrived, and authorities fear he will flee to his home country of Honduras.

Anyone with information on Garcia’s whereabouts is asked to contact Hilltown Township police at 215-453-6011 or to call the anonymous tip line at 267-517-9119.

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